Dotal property


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DOTAL PROPERTY. By the civil law, and in Louisiana, by this term is understood that property, which the wife brings to the husband to assist him in bearing the expenses of the marriage establishment. Civil Code of Lo. art. 2315. Vide Extradotal property.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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Previously, it was thought that women, or the guardians who controlled their property, showed a preference to invest dotal property in secure ventures.
How great a difference was there between the influence a wife exercised over the investment of the dotal goods in her husband's control and the control a widow gained over her dotal property? The influence that women exerted over their husbands' will is difficult to document, but a widow's right to control her own property had at least a legal basis.
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Blood Ties and Fictive Ties: Adoption and Family Life in Early Modern France

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